Los Angeles
April 10 – April 11, 2018
This is your chance to meet experts, share work, and contribute to the future of software—together.
Part 1: Explore
Meet people building software in your community and learn about the projects they're working on.
Part 2: At Work
Hear from software business leaders and entrepreneurs on how they’re using GitHub with their teams.
Register for the event that fits your interests—or join us for both!
Part 1
Explore
Explore Speakers
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Gregor Martynus
Maintainer
Octokit
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Gregor Martynus
Maintainer
Octokit
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Kevin Goslar
SVP Technology Strategy
Originate
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Kevin Goslar
SVP Technology Strategy
Originate
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Evelyn Masso
Fullstack Web Developer
Carbon Five
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Evelyn Masso
Fullstack Web Developer
Carbon Five
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Zeke Sikelianos
Electron Engineer
GitHub
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Zeke Sikelianos
Electron Engineer
GitHub
Part 2
At Work
At Work Speakers
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Liz McFarland
Technical Writer
Johnson Controls
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Liz McFarland
Technical Writer
Johnson Controls
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Kathy Simpson
Director, Product
GitHub
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Kathy Simpson
Director, Product
GitHub
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Craig Northway
Director, Engineering
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
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Craig Northway
Director, Engineering
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
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Rafael Ferreira
Director of Engineering
New Relic
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Rafael Ferreira
Director of Engineering
New Relic
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Ravi Gadhia
Enterprise Solutions
GitHub
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Ravi Gadhia
Enterprise Solutions
GitHub
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David Mittman
Deputy Section Manager
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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David Mittman
Deputy Section Manager
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Schedule
Explore
Tue April 10
Doors Open
Welcome
Octokit – Your GitHub Platform Toolkit
Gregor Martynus, Octokit
Everything you see on GitHub.com, you can do with GitHub’s APIs – and more. The same way adjust our terminals and code editors to our liking, GitHub allows us to automate recurring processes around collaborating on GitHub. In this talk, I will talk about the JavaScript Octokit, a set of tools for JavaScript and Node developers to easily integrate with and build upon GitHub’s APIs. You will learn how to automate common workflows and how to build custom user interfaces to help with your day-to-day work on GitHub.
Gregor Martynus
Maintainer
Octokit
Ways to Welcome Newcomers to Your Open Source Project
Evelyn Masso, Carbon Five
This talk will cover some methods project maintainers and contributors can use to welcome newcomers to open source projects. Aspects like interpersonal interactions, documentation, and the code itself impact newcomers’ ability and desire to become members of open source projects and communities. Throughout the talk I will share some of my experience in the communities around p5.js and Write/Speak/Code LA.
Evelyn Masso
Fullstack Web Developer
Carbon Five
Git branching best practices
Kevin Goslar, Originate
I am the lead developer for Git Town, an open-source high-level CLI for Git that uses the Github API. It fits seamlessly into Github-based workflows, automates typical tasks like creating, updating, and shipping feature branches, and minimizes merge conflicts. It's gaining in popularity, we got 1500 Github stars already!
Kevin Goslar
SVP Technology Strategy
Originate
Keeping Open Source Projects Healthy
Zeke Sikelianos, GitHub
Electron is a popular open source project with a community of hundreds of maintainers. This talk will cover the practices used by our team to help newcomers feel welcome, the organizational structure we use to give collaborators a sense of ownership, and the automation tools we build to free up humans to work on the fun stuff.
Zeke Sikelianos
Electron Engineer
GitHub
Networking
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At Work
Wed April 11
Doors Open and Lunch
Welcome
Ravi Gadhia, GitHub
Ravi Gadhia
Enterprise Solutions
GitHub
Open Source and Standards Collaboration
Craig Northway, Qualcomm Technologies Inc
Recently there is a significant interest and need for Standards Defining Organizations (SDOs) to also participate in Open Source projects. Both communities need to learn how to work together to advance the pace of innovation and provide more value for the entire ecosystem. SDOs and Standards Engineers need to learn about Open Source community norms and collaboration methods. Open Source projects can standard to benefit from the governance models and long term strategy that SDOs bring to the technology sector. This presentation will discuss the benefits of a collaborative hybrid approach and also provide ideas on how to enable SDOs, Standards Engineers, Open Source Program Offices and Open Source Projects to work together effectively.
Craig Northway
Director, Engineering
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
Never feel `/home` sick: how GitHub is unlocking mobility for developers
Kathy Simpson, GitHub
In this session we will discuss how GitHub is building tools that developers can use to interface with their teams while they are not at their dedicated development machines. We talk about design thinking for mobile applications, GitHub’s product principles for the mobile project and demonstrate how we are helping teams get unblocked, organized and shipping.
Kathy Simpson
Director, Product
GitHub
GitHub for Documentation
Liz McFarland, Johnson Controls
This talk will explain how crucial it is to use version control for technical literature. Using case examples, I’ll explain how the Johnson Controls Simi Valley branch uses GitHub to track documentation, facilitate document reviews, and automate technical publication outputs. I will elaborate on why using GitHub for technical literature has been great for treating documentation as code, for facilitating automation, and freedom of collaboration between multiple technical writers.
Liz McFarland
Technical Writer
Johnson Controls
Coffee Break
Everything you never wanted to know about Cryptojacking
Rafael Ferreira, New Relic
Coming Soon
Rafael Ferreira
Director of Engineering
New Relic
Running an entire company on Github
Kevin Goslar, Originate
Running a company is not unlike running a project. We should use the same tools and processes for both. This talk presents how Originate is using Github instead of email for running the company.
Kevin Goslar
SVP Technology Strategy
Originate
InnerSource at JPL: Collaboration around software in a science, technology, engineering and research enterprise
David Mittman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In 2013, a number of employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory believed that the tools that were so successfully supporting the open source community could have significant benefits for our software development community at JPL. Core to this belief was the theory that the JPL software development community was similar to the open source community in the way it operates. This theory has been put into practice in a number of companies, and is known as InnerSource. In this talk, I'll describe why JPL cares about InnerSource, how we're going about championing InnerSource on Lab, and the progress to date.
David Mittman
Deputy Section Manager
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Drinks and Networking
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Los Angeles
Sponsors
FAQ
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Do I need my ID for entry?
An email confirmation is all you need to check you in.
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What language will the events be in?
Constellation Los Angeles presenters will be speaking in English.
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Will parking be available?
Valet parking will be available. Please confirm whether you plan to use this service when you register your ticket.
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Will there be a place for me to store things?
There is a small storage closet will which be available for coats and luggage. Please note this area will not be locked, so please don’t leave any valuables.
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Where do I go if I lose something?
Find a GitHub team member if you lose something while at the event. Email constellation@github.com if you realize you lost something after.
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Do you provide meals?
We’ll provide light bites and beverages at Explore, and a light lunch plus afternoon snack will be served at Align.
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Do you accommodate special dietary needs?
Gluten free, dairy free, vegan and vegetarian options are always provided at our events. If you have additional dietary needs, please let us know at least 48 hours in advance and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
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Will non-alcoholic options be available?
Yes.
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What if I don’t want my picture taken?
Please let a GitHub team member know upon check-in. You’ll be provided with a red lanyard to alert our photographer.
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I have a question which isn't answered here?
Email it to constellation@github.com
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